Monthly Archives: November 2013

April 7, 2010: Kerameikos, and a new hotel A graffitied wall, and the Parthenon on the Acropolis. Jim says: “It’s Thursday, and we checked out of the Athens Studios and checked into the Hotel Carolina, a little trepidatiously since it sounds so much … Continue reading →

New York, New York, what a wonderful town The flowers are up, and the rain is down . . . Manhattan street in the rain. That was the scene in Manhattan yesterday, with sheets of rain driven by a … Continue reading →

The island and city of Poros, taken from the ferry — what we were looking forward to seeing. . . . Just getting to Greece is an adventure. Here are the first few installments of our travelogue for the Athens trip, … Continue reading →

April 4, 2010: Athenian Easter and other notes from Jim and Teri A street in the Plaka, the old section of Athens. At the top of the Acropolis is the Parthenon. The trees are just getting their spring leaves, and the sun is … Continue reading →

On Thursday evening, plotting out our Friday doings, I picked up 25 London Walks. We wanted to take the boat to Greenwich, but this book suggested walking the distance — between four and five and a half miles, it said, from Tower Bridge. … Continue reading →

View of London from the Thames Path along the south side of the river. For our next adventure, we’re thinking of walking along the Thames River, from its source to its mouth, just past Greenwich. We walked most of the … Continue reading →

April 17, 2010: Around the Old City Damascus Gate, evening — still busy with merchants and buyers. Yesterday, we walked through the Old City and today, we walked around it. Not that we actually set out to do that. These things … Continue reading →

April 19, 2010: Roman ruins and Israeli trains Oil tanker anchored in the Mediterranean off the coast at Caesarea, with Roman column in foreground, and haze from a Sahara sandstorm. Jim’s account of the day Quite a day. Up at 5:00 … Continue reading →

April 15, 2010: Across from Herod’s Gate Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem, on Sultan Suleiman Street not far from the Rivoli Hotel. At 3:45 a.m. today in Athens we met up with a band of pigeons foraging along Ermou … Continue reading →